vincio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *winkjō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend”). Cognate with vicis, Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯in.ki.oː/, [ˈu̯ɪŋkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvin.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈvin̠ʲt͡ʃio]
Verb edit
vinciō (present infinitive vincīre, perfect active vīnxī, supine vīnctum); fourth conjugation
- to bind, tie up, fetter
- Synonyms: cōnstringo, illigo, ligō, necto, colligo
- to lace, fasten
- to surround, guard
Conjugation edit
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References edit
- “vincio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vincio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vincio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a speech rhythmical: numeris orationem astringere, vincire
- (ambiguous) in everything nature defies imitation: in omni re vincit imitationem veritas
- (ambiguous) the majority were of the opinion..: sententia vincit (Liv. 2. 4. 3)
- (ambiguous) to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
- to make a speech rhythmical: numeris orationem astringere, vincire
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1130